Hollywood Road

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Standing opposite the young director, Jones-Butler realized that she had indeed underestimated him. The improvement of the other party was not only obvious, but also amazing. Before the end of the film, she just thought it was very good, but after watching the end, That amazing feeling can't be shaken away by anything.

The beginning and the end of a film are very important. In the extremely mature commercialization system of Hollywood, the beginning and the end can even occupy more than 60% of the attention of the entire film. Her boss Harvey Weinstein once said that the film If there is an echoing and brilliant beginning and ending, the middle content can be added at will, as long as it is not too bad, the audience will buy it.

The beginning of this film is not bad, but the ending can no longer be described as amazing. Not only is the content in the middle not bad, but it can also be said to be quite brilliant.

Jones Butler took a deep breath. How much market value would this film have if it was handed over to Miramax?

She cannot be estimated for the time being, and she is definitely much higher than "Hard Candy".

"It's a wonderful movie, directed by Stanton." Jones Butler reached out his hand and shook hands with Murphy, then glanced at his watch, "It's getting late, I have something to do, I should go."

Murphy stood in front of the theater and didn't hold back, "Goodbye."

Watching Jones Butler drive away, Murphy looked back at the gate of the theater. The place was empty, and the people invited by him and Bill Rosses seemed to be desperate, so they just hit him After saying hello, they all left at the speed of fleeing for their lives, as if the director of his film was Jigsaw.

"This is a good thing." Bill Rosses came from behind and stood next to Murphy, "According to my observation, this film completely exceeded their expectations, and several people gave it a very high evaluation in private. They should have returned to the company."

Murphy nodded. He has been in this circle for a while, and he has some understanding of the operation of film companies. Unless there are very few top bosses, any project involving millions of dollars or even hundreds of thousands of dollars is not just shot casually. The mind can decide.

From the attitudes of Mitton Johnson, Tony Guzman, and Jones Butler who have left successively, he can also see that these people are very interested in "Chain Saw".

Issuing companies occupy the upper layer of the industry chain, and the projects with enough selling points allow them to fully realize their own market value.

Paul Wilson, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill shipped out the copy at this time, and Murphy waved to them, "Go to the security company to save the copy, and we'll go to lunch."

During the screening, he also saw everyone's reaction. Although it was far from the time to celebrate, he could have a drink and relax a bit.

Just when Murphy saved the copy, called James Franco, and several people walked into the restaurant together, many people in the marketing department and distribution department of Lionsgate Films in Santa Monica Hastily rushed to the conference room.

The meeting room was quiet, with a dozen people sitting on the left and right, and Milton Johnson stood at the front of the meeting table, "Does any of you know about Stanton Studio and director Murphy Stanton?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, where is this a small company and a new director who jumped out? Never heard of it.

Milton Johnson pulled out his chair and sat down, lightly tapping the table with two fingers, "From now on, you should look for information about him and build a complete director file."

Hearing this, many people looked at Milton Johnson in surprise. The directors who can be set up by Lionsgate Films are all potential partners, and most of them are well-known in the circle. No, there are very few of them.

"Jamie..." Milton Johnson looked at a middle-aged man, and waited for the female assistant to hand over a business card.

Said, "This is Murphy Stanton's contact information. You should contact him as soon as possible, within three days at the latest. You must all see his new movie."

"His new movie?" Jamie Winston was a little strange, but he still said, "I'll do it after the meeting."

"Everyone here!" Milton Johnson said extremely seriously, "After Jamie contacted Stanton Studio for the trial screening, I ask you to temporarily put down all the work at hand, go to see that movie, and evaluate that movie. , the marketing department and distribution department should give me a complete report as soon as possible."

Thinking that he might not be able to win the film, he added, "Let people from the editorial department also participate."

Milton Johnson said so, and these people couldn't help but pay attention to it, and they started to get busy after the meeting.

The meeting had just ended when the female assistant answered a call and walked over to Milton Johnson, "I entrusted a friend to find out about Murphy Stanton. He has been in prison and has some entanglements with the Los Angeles Police Department. Offend Summer Redstone..."

"Well..." Milton Johnson just nodded, but he didn't care at all, "These are things that the gossip media should care about, and have nothing to do with us."

As for Summer Redstone, Lionsgate is not a company owned by Viacom, so he doesn't care. With such a film that looks like it has quite a market potential in front of him, who cares if the director is offended? Pass Summer Redstone.

In an office building near the Fox Building in Century City, Tony Guzman stood in front of a meeting room and walked back and forth anxiously, looking at his watch from time to time. The top executives of Fox Searchlight were having a meeting inside, and it should be there after calculation It's time for the meeting to adjourn.

The door of the meeting room suddenly opened from the inside, and serious executives walked out from the inside. When they saw their immediate boss Godin Clyde coming, Tony Guzman rushed to meet him.

"What are you here for?" The boss's words were a little harsh, obviously in a bad mood.

He followed his boss into a secluded corridor, "I just watched a movie, and I think it deserves five stars for a small production under five million dollars."

"What?" The boss turned his head. He knew that Tony Guzman was a veteran in the company, and he was always cautious in doing things. He seldom commented on a film like this. "Aren't you kidding?"

Tony Guzman said in all seriousness, "When did I ever joke about work?"

The boss nodded, "Can you contact the other party to arrange another viewing session?"

Fox Searchlight, especially the performance of the distribution department in the first quarter is too poor, there is not a single film that can be sold, the head office has put a lot of pressure on them, at the meeting just now, several big bosses on the board of directors have already lost their temper up.

He, the distribution director, bears the brunt.

Tony Guzman pulls out his phone, "I'm going to do it now."

Jones-Butler returned to the hotel where he stayed, sat in the living room of the suite, recalled the movie he had just watched, read the records in his notebook again, thought about it for a while, and thought of the performance brought by "Hard Candy", Finally made up my mind.

She took out her phone, dialed a few numbers, and when she got connected, she said, "Boss, I have a video here. If you have time, you'd better come and watch it." To be continued.